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The Covid-19 pandemic has brought with it a whole host of changes for British industry, and while it may seem that sustainability has increased with our heightened awareness over the effects of reduced transportation, the return of wildlife and reduced air pollution that have come about during this time, there has been one other significant consequence of the situation that warrants attention: more waste.

Our latest leadership roundup brings news of awards and praise for a London-based property company and nursery school, a new reality for a Devon-based financial adviser, and the FundTech awards 2020.

Back in April this year, The Parliamentary Review reported on the foundation of GetBuilding.co.uk, a new business venture spearheaded by George Nixon, founder and managing director of London-based property developer, William George Homes. GetBuilding.co.uk, made up of a group of investors and recognised housebuilders, has been active in helping firms struggling financially as a result of the Covid-19 situation, and is targeted toward businesspersons and homeowners whose premises or properties are considered to have development potential.

Our latest leadership roundup brings news of an accreditation for Europe’s largest producer of continually cast iron bar, a 3D virtual tour of a development in Dartford, Kent, and details of a development at one of Britain’s leading universities.

In our latest series of leadership quotations, we hear from Marie van der Zyl, Peter Mandleson and Jeremy Corbyn on the latter’s suspension from the Labour Party. We also hear from Amber Blout on the importance of valuing humans in the workforce, from Heather Kilby and Alyssia Jones on immigration law, and from Mick Clayton on the importance of qualifications.

Writing for the Leaders Council, Bellfield Junior School headteacher Nigel Attwood discusses the many problems that Covid-19 has thrust upon the education sector and society as a whole, urging the government to show robust leadership for all to help guide the country to a more prosperous future.

With mobile wallets and contactless technology soaring in popularity even before the Covid-19 pandemic, the use of cash was beginning to dwindle, and its dominance began to wane worldwide. Now, the pandemic has accelerated the global transition toward a cashless economy, with question marks hanging over the safety of its physical usage.

The hair, beauty and fitness industries are among those to have suffered the greatest hardship during the Covid-19 pandemic, and the knock-on effect of the sector’s woes is being felt by training providers who specialise in upskilling individuals to work within these industries. One such provider in Greater Manchester’s Vita Skills, a leading specialist in delivering first class training courses for the beauty, children and youth work, and fitness industries.

Intellectual property laws are a set of regulations that by necessity are required to continuously adapt in order to remain up to date with technical and legal developments. For many years, the UK has been at the forefront of the latest developments in such laws, a position which can come as a significant benefit. So much so in fact that Williams Powell, a legal services firm which obtains intellectual property rights on behalf of clients, has urged ministers to maintain the UK’s position in this respect in the future.

Confederate general Albert S. Johnston once said that morale is “faith in the man at the top”. As much as Richard Dorney, founder and director of Strongmind Resiliency Training, may align with that viewpoint, he considers faith in the leader to be just one of four aspects of morale as a whole that can be applied at a national level.

Our latest leadership roundup brings news of a raft of awards for a Hartlepool-based nursery, discounted fees for parents in North London, an environmentalism push in Frome, and opposition to the Internal Market Bill in Scotland.

Founded in 1996 from a small office in southwest London, Mercanta The Coffee Hunters has grown into a business that sources a huge variety of outstanding coffees from 20 different producing countries.

Our latest leadership roundup brings news of Dr Kathy Alexander’s push for reform of the Solicitors Regulation authority, high praise for a gas and heating specialist, and a new way to receive online trauma risk management in the Covid era.

In our latest series of leadership quotations, we hear from Ewen Stevenson on banks charging customers for basic services, from Rishi Sunak on the government’s plans for the North, from Emma Marshall on the bureaucracy facing accountancy firms, from Ghulam Mustafa on the regulation burden in the property sector, and from Marius Foster on the effects of the government’s decision to ban agency fees.